Archive: Jan 2024

Welcoming Hanwook Chung, new assistant professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering
The Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering welcomes Hanwook Chung to our faculty. Read More

January 31, 2024
Lee receives NSF CAREER award to research how salt solution structure changes affect final crystal formation
Jong Lee, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award for research on how salt solution structure changes affect final crystal formation. Read More

January 31, 2024
NSF CAREER Award will support Secor lab develop multi-material additive manufacturing technologies for electronics
Ethan Secor, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award for research on additive manufacturing technologies for electronic materials. Read More

January 25, 2024
“Lost art” brought back: Marston Hall’s unique Venetian terrazzo revealed and restored
New life for another beautiful historic feature of Marston Hall. Read More

January 25, 2024
Valery Levitas’ unique laboratory study leads to inclusion in one of the world’s leading scientific academies
The European Academy of Sciences and Arts has elected Valery Levitas of Iowa State's Department of Aerospace Engineering to its Technical and Environmental Sciences division. Read More

January 24, 2024
Davarnia receives NSF CAREER award, his second early career award in two years
Danial Davarnia, assistant professor of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award for research of efficient scalable methods for solving large-scale network optimization problems. Read More

January 24, 2024
Hoa Chi’s first question is “How can I help you?”
The prospective student whose appreciative family got a personal tour of Sukup Hall. The student team whose derailed senior project received some attentive advice to get back on track. The university carillonneur whose replica model project needed a little professional expertise to assure its consistent operation. The common thread? Their day was better because Hoa ("Hwah") Chi offered to help. Read More

January 24, 2024
Planning Iowa’s energy future
Anson Marston Distinguished Professor James McCalley is working on a state funded project to provide visions for strengthening and evaluating Iowa’s power grid. Read More

January 23, 2024
NSF CAREER Award will support Sheidaei microstructural materials research for many applications
Department of Aerospace Engineering assistant professor Azadeh Sheidaei’s research in microstructural materials has been recognized by the National Science Foundation (NSF) with the NSF CAREER Award. Read More

January 22, 2024
CCEE welcomes 2024 Hall of Fame and Distinguished Alumni Inductees
Each year, Iowa State University’s Department of Civil Construction and Environmental Engineering (CCEE) honors legacy-creating alumni for their professional achievements, service to the profession, community and/or the department, and high degree of integrity and character through two different recognitions. Read More

January 19, 2024
Vessel-on-a-chip: Understanding blood clot formation
Professor Long Que has been developing a blood vessel mimicking platform with quantitative flow control, both flow rate and flow direction, quantitative control of pharmacological agents on platelets and the ability of monitoring the behaviors of platelets at a single cell level. Read More

January 18, 2024
Ultra-powered ultrasound: breaking biofilms on medical implants
Associate Professor Timothy Bigelow plans to use ultrasound therapy to combat these biofilms on medical devices; and has chosen hernia mesh as a good candidate for a proof-of-concept example. Read More

January 18, 2024
Cattle health app to detect lameness
Lameness in dairy cattle is a major health and welfare concern, and perhaps one of the costliest clinical diseases for dairy operations. Timely identification of lameness is necessary to institute early treatment, reduce use of antibiotics, and improve treatment outcomes. Read More

January 17, 2024
Innovating a decentralized framework for secure communication
At the forefront of advancing a decentralized framework for reconstructing data from under sampled and noisy signals is assistant professor Shana Moothedath. Her research not only delves into the complexities of efficient data reconstruction but also prioritizes the security of this process. Read More

January 16, 2024
Wayne Chen named Vance and Arlene Coffman Endowed Department Chair of Aerospace Engineering
Weinong Wayne Chen has been named the Vance and Arlene Coffman Endowed Department Chair of Aerospace Engineering at Iowa State University. Chen’s appointment begins March 15. Read More

January 12, 2024